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Q: A radio telescope in the Very Large Satellite Array at Socorro, New Mexico, has the shape of a…

A: Solution is given below

Q: A one-way road passes under an overpass in the shape of half an ellipse, 25 ft high at the center…

A: given: A one way road passes under an overpass in the shape of half an ellipse, 25 ft high at the…

Q: A mirror is shaped like a paraboloid of revolution and will be used to concentrate the rays of the…

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Q: A sealed-beam headlight is in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution (parabolic shaped). The bulb,…

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Q: A satellite dish is shaped like a paraboloid of revolution. This means that it can be formed by…

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Q: the võlume of the reel-shaped solid formed by the revolution about the y-axis, of the part of the…

A: Introduction :Given , we have asked to calculate the reel shaped solid formed by revolution about…

Q: Two friends visit a whispering gallery (in the shape of a semiellipsoid) where they stand 100m apart…

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Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface.The casting has a diameter of 4…

A: to find the vertex.

Q: Jim, standing at one focus of a whispering gallery,is 6 feet from the nearest wall.His friend is…

A: Given: Jim is standing at the focus of a whimpering gallery is 6 feet. His friend is standing at the…

Q: What is the measure of the focal width of the parabola y+2y+4x-3=0 ?

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Q: A wooden plaque is in the shape of an ellipse with height 34 centimeters and width 4 ellipse and use…

A: It is given that A wooden plaque is in the shape of an ellipse with a height = 34 cm and width = 46…

Q: A searchlight is shaped like a paraboloid of revolution. If the light source located 4 feet from the…

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Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

A: Parabola is a locus of such points whose distance is equal from a fixed point and fixed line. The…

Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

A: The casting has diameter 8  inches. Hence 2x=8, we have, x=4 inches Also depth = 1 inch, hence, y=1

Q: The outer door of an airplane hangar is in the shape of a parabola. The door is 140 inches across at…

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Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface.The casting has a diameter of 8…

A: Since, it is given that the reflector of the flashlight has the shape of parabola.Suppose the…

Q: The reflector of a searchlight is in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution. Its diameter is 16…

A: I am going to solve the given problem by using some simple calculus to get the required result.

Q: A window is constructed with the top half of an ellipse on top of a square. The square portion of…

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Q: An arch 18 m high has a form of parabola with a vertical axis. The length of the horizontal beam…

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Q: The cables of a suspension bridge are in the shape of a parabola. The towers supporting the cable…

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Q: The cables of a suspension bridge are in the shape of a parabola.The towers supporting the cable are…

A: A parabola is a type of curve which where the distance of any point of the curve is same from one…

Q: satellite dish shaped like a paraboloid, has a diameter 2.4ft and depth 0.9ft. If the receiver is…

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Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution.Its diameter is 4 inches…

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Q: A satellite dish has a shape called paraboloid, where each cross section is parabola. Since the…

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Q: A lamp has the shape of a parabola when viewed from the side. The light source (which is at the…

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Q: a building facade is in the shape of a semi ellipse, with the major axis as the span. if the span is…

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Q: A rectangular object 25 m wide is to pass under a parabolic arch that has a width of 32 m at the…

A: The arch can be modeled by the vertex form of a parabola centered at the origin with the base being…

Q: What is the shape of the vertical cross section of this solid figure that does not pass through the…

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Q: The towers of a 60 meter parabolic suspension bridge are 15 m high  and the lowest point of the…

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Q: Find the area of the ellipse given that the length of the semi-major axis of 99 and the length of…

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Q: An arch in the form of semi – ellipse is 50 feet wide at the base and has a height of 16 feet. How…

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Q: The cables of a suspended-deck suspension bridge are in the shape of a parabola. The pillars…

A: Here we us ethe standard form of the parabola vertex at (h,k) is  (x- h)2 =4a(y-k)

Q: What is the length of latus rectum of the ellipse given the equation, 81(r + 8) +144(y- 2) = 11664?…

A: We need to find length of latus ractum of ellipse.

Q: A searchlight is shaped like a paraboloid of revolution. If the light source is located 4 feet from…

A: Given: A search light is shaped like a paraboloid of revolution. If the light source is located 4…

Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

A: How far from the vertex should the light bulb be placed?

Q: The cables of the suspension bridge are in the shape of a parabola. The towers supporting the cable…

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Q: A satellite dish has the shape of a parabola when viewed from the side. The receiver (which is at…

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Q: A satellite dish is shaped like a paraboloid of revolution. This means that it can be formed by…

A: Given data:     The given opening of the dish is: b=32 feet. The given depth of the dish is: d=4…

Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

A: Here we use the concept of conic section

Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

A: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

Q: A carpenter wants to construct an elliptical table top from a 4 ft by 8 ft sheet of plywood. She…

A: to construct an elliptical table top from a 4 ft by 8 ft sheet of plywood.

Q: The towers supporting the cable of a suspension bridge are 1200 m apart and 170 m above the bridge…

A: Cable is 116 meters high at 120 meters away from the tower. Answer and explanation is given below

Q: A certain bridge arch is in the shape of the top half pf an ellipse 122 feet wide and 25.6 feet…

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Q: The parabolic antenna has an equation of y^2 + 8x = 0. Determine the length of the latus rectum.

A: Here we use the standard form of parabola.

Q: The reflector of a flashlight is in the shape of a parabolic surface. The casting has a diameter of…

A: Given data: The diameter of the reflector is 4 inches and a depth of 1 inch. it means x=2 and y=1.…

Q: An arch in the shape of an arc of a parabola measures 6m across the base and its vertex is 2.5m…

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Q: A window is constructed with the top half of an ellipse on top of a square. The square portion of…

A: The base of the window is 44 in The height of window is 60 in From the center at base is 15 inches…

Q: A bridge is to be built in the shape of a semi-elliptical arch and is to have a span of 260 meters.…

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Q: A parabolically shaped bookshelf has a width of 14 feet 8 inches at the top and height 8 ft. 4 in..…

A: Consider the given information as, width=14feet  8 inches and height =8ft 4 in

Q: A parabolic arch has a height of 16m and a width of 28m atthe base, If the vertex of the parabola is…

A: As this is a multiple question according to the Bartleby Answering rule, only first question and its…

Maximization

Have you ever seen a bridge in the shape of a parabola? Where is its maximum on the bridge? The maximum of that bridge is the highest point on that bridge. The process of finding the maximum of the bridge here is called the maximization.